Useful BlackBoard Plugins
Recommended plug-Ins, Readers and Converters
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files. |
| Macromedia Web Players | Macromedia Flash, Shockwave and Authorware Players are free downloads that allow playback of rich-media files. |
| Windows Media Player | Microsoft Windows Media Player enables audio and video for the Web. Available for both Windows and Mac. |
| QuickTime | Apple Quick Time enables media authoring and play back of high-quality audio and video. |
| Realplayer | Play online audio and video content. |
| Microsoft Office converters and viewers allow the sharing of files created by different versions of Word, Excel, Access and Power Point applications. Students who do not have Microsoft Office installed on their computer may download the free applicaton to view and print documents and presentations created by instructors at UMFlint. | |
| Google Accounts | Google has a web-based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite web sites online. |
